Editing History of Slovakia (section)

====Slovak National Movement====
During the 18th century the Slovak National Movement emerged, partially inspired by the broader [[Pan-slavism|Pan-Slavic movement]] with the aim of fostering a sense of national identity among the Slovak people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/panslavism/panslavism.pdf |title=Pan-Slavism |access-date=2007-03-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621042920/http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/panslavism/panslavism.pdf |archive-date=21 June 2007 |df=dmy-all }} Sándor Kostya: Pan-Slavism</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/slovakia/slovakia_history_national_revival.html|title=Slovakia National Revival - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System|website=www.workmall.com}}</ref><ref>Jelena Milojkovic-Djuric: Panslavism and National Identity in the Balkans, 1830–1880 {{ISBN|0-88033-291-3}}</ref> Advanced mainly by Slovak religious leaders, the movement grew during the 19th century. At the same time, the movement was divided along the confessional lines and various groups had different views on everything from quotidian strategy to linguistics. Moreover, the Hungarian control remained strict after 1867 and the movement was constrained by the official policy of [[magyarization]].

The first codification of standard Slovak by [[Anton Bernolák]] in the 1780s was based on the dialect from western Slovakia. It was supported by mainly [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] intellectuals, with the center in [[Trnava]]. The Lutheran intellectuals continued to use a Slovakized form of Czech. Especially [[Ján Kollár]] and [[Pavel Jozef Šafárik]] were adherents of Pan-Slavic concepts that stressed the unity of all [[Slavic people]]s. They considered [[Czechs]] and [[Slovaks]] members of a single nation and they attempted to draw the languages closer together.

In the 1840s, the Protestants split as [[Ľudovít Štúr]] developed a standard language based on the dialect from central Slovakia. His followers stressed the separate identity of the Slovak nation and uniqueness of its language. Štúr's version was finally approved by both the Catholics and the Lutherans in 1847 and, after several reforms, it remains standard [[Slovak language|Slovak]].

[[File:KosickyDistrikt.png|thumb|right|210px|A map of the northern part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary in 1850, showing the two military districts which had administrative centres in the territory of present-day Slovakia]]